Advice for managing tasks in the background

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I need some advice on how I can script mundane tasks in the background while I am doing other work. I am afraid the input from mouse and keyboard will conflict with the script running in the background. Following is my case:

I have an Access-based program which I want to do selections within. Whenever I select tasks within the program it uses considerable time, every time. The selections are predictable, which means they can be scripted. I would like to work in other programs while these selections are being made.

I guess I am looking for a command that makes AutoIt stop listening to keyboard and mouse inputs, and also monitors the status of the Access program.

Is the following procedure correct?

When a selection is ready in the Access program, AutoIt will have to: disable user inputs, switch to Access, select the selection, switch back to the program the user was running, enable user input.